Frederick Thomas Elworthy — Amulet Atlas English philologist and antiquary, 1830–1907, of Wellington in Somerset. nanobotco.github.io/amulet-atlas/person/frederick-elworthy/ · 16-Sep-2026 · 31K
Who owns a charm — Amulet Atlas A museum drawer of amulets is the hardest kind of collection to hand back and the easiest kind to have taken. nanobotco.github.io/amulet-atlas/story/who-owns-a-charm/ · 16-Sep-2026 · 54K
European folk apotropaic craft — Amulet Atlas Protective objects made and kept by European households outside the church's list: iron over a door, a bottle in a hearth, a shoe in a wall, rowan bound with red thread, a cross of rushes in the rafters, a bead against… nanobotco.github.io/amulet-atlas/tradition/european-folk-apotropaic/ · 17-Sep-2026 · 50K
The fig fist — Amulet Atlas A closed fist with the thumb pushed up between the index and middle fingers, carved or cast small and hung at the neck. In jet it is black and matte; in coral it is red; in silver it is the size of a thumb joint. nanobotco.github.io/amulet-atlas/sign/fist/ · 16-Sep-2026 · 34K
The beetle — Amulet Atlas A dung beetle seen from above — head, wing case and legs indicated, the underside left flat so it can be engraved. Usually identified as Scarabaeus sacer. nanobotco.github.io/amulet-atlas/sign/scarab-sign/ · 16-Sep-2026 · 34K
Salt — Amulet Atlas Sodium chloride, got by evaporating seawater in ponds, by mining rock salt, or from mineral springs. It preserves, it purifies, and it dissolves. nanobotco.github.io/amulet-atlas/material/salt/ · 16-Sep-2026 · 31K
Sak yant — Amulet Atlas A tattoo. Geometric yantra, animals and deities, set about with phrases in Pali, Khmer or Northern Thai, pricked into the skin with a long needle — traditionally a metal rod sharpened to a point, the khem sak. nanobotco.github.io/amulet-atlas/amulet/sak-yant/ · 16-Sep-2026 · 40K
Nazar — Amulet Atlas A handmade glass bead: concentric circles, or a teardrop, in dark blue, white, light blue and black, sometimes rimmed in yellow or gold. nanobotco.github.io/amulet-atlas/amulet/nazar/ · 16-Sep-2026 · 39K
Edward Lovett — Amulet Atlas English folklorist, July 1852 – 1933, who collected charms off London streets while working as a chief cashier at a bank in the City. nanobotco.github.io/amulet-atlas/person/edward-lovett/ · 16-Sep-2026 · 32K
Free to use — Amulet Atlas This is the licence explained to the person who wants to take something. The records and the pages built from them are under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0. The code that builds them is MIT. nanobotco.github.io/amulet-atlas/story/free-to-use/ · 17-Sep-2026 · 40K
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